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In the spotlight: drama during a football match in Argentina
Gimnasia de La Plata supporters react to tear gas on the pitch during a local tournament match between Gimnasia de La Plata and Boca Juniors in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, October 6, 2022. AP - Gustavo Garello
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El Dia
speaks of “
madness
”, of “
barbarism
”, in one.
This
“tragic night
” also made the front page of
Hoy
this Friday morning: “
what was supposed to be a party ended up being one of the saddest days in Argentine football
”.
The daily recounts this 23rd day of the Argentine championship: "
Nine minutes after the start of the first half between Gimnasia and Boca, a cloud of tear gas forced the referee (...) to stop the match
".
This cloud came from outside the stadium.
Originally, "
a probable oversale of tickets
", suggests the newspaper
La Voz
.
"
The police did not allow fans who had their tickets in hand to enter the stadium.
The police fired rubber bullets,
”
Hoy
said .
“ Total chaos
” followed
, “
fans, entire families and journalists were attacked by the police
”.
Result, writes
Clarin
: “
one death, a child who lost his sight and several dozen injured
”.
In
La Nacion
, a deputy harshly criticizes what she describes as “
brutal repression carried out by the police of Buenos Aires
”.
"
It's what we are, even if it hurts us
," concludes
Clarin
.
“
The body responsible for ensuring security did not have the capacity to do so and distributed tear gas and bullets indiscriminately
”.
"
Police repression must be firmly repudiated,”
Clarin
concludes
, “
because it leads us to dark places
.”
The head of security had been replaced “
a few hours before the incidents
”, specifies
La Voz
.
United States: a step towards the decriminalization of marijuana?
The
Washington Post
returns this Friday to the pardon granted by Joe Biden, a collective pardon to all those convicted at the federal level of possession of marijuana.
The American president asks the governors of the various states to do the same.
“
This measure marks a big step towards decriminalization
,” writes the
Washington Post
.
His administration must study the classification of marijuana, which remains for the moment on the list of the most dangerous drugs.
The newspaper points out that Joe Biden has evolved on the subject more slowly than his party.
He wrote,
Politico
recalls , “
some of the drug laws that proponents of decriminalization say have led to the current incarceration rates
.”
Today, "
no one is serving a sentence in federal prison just for simple possession of marijuana
," the newspaper notes, but about 6,500 people will have that conviction expunged from their records.
This announcement comes just one month before the mid-term elections.
“Currently, 37 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana, and 19 states have legalized recreational marijuana ,”
Politico
details
.
"
Five states will vote on the legalization of recreational cannabis in the midterm elections
."
The Curator
National Review
regrets that states that have decriminalized marijuana for medical or recreational use have not eliminated its sale on the black market: "
In California, more than 80% of marijuana trafficking is on the illegal market to escape cannabis taxes
".
Haiti: victory of the Grenadiers and emotion of a Haitian pilot
We end with these two pieces of information which raise the morale of Haitians a little, “
in the midst of gloomy news
”, notes
Juno7
.
First the victory of the Grenadiers, who “
spinned in the semi-finals
” of the amputee football world cup, headlines
Le Nouvelliste
.
“
The Grenadiers once again shone Thursday in Istanbul by eliminating Tanzania in the quarter-finals with a score of 4-1
”.
This Friday, Haiti challenges Angola for a place in the final.
Other information: a video goes around social networks and is taken up this Friday morning by
Loop
.
Captain Tarah Ernest greeted passengers on her Miami-Port-au-Prince flight Thursday with these words: “
Today is a very special day for me.
Because in 1998, I left Port-au-Prince to come live here and in 2018 I made the decision to learn to fly a plane.
Today, I have the chance to pilot a flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince”.
"I know that the situation in Haiti is difficult but I hope this will not prevent you from celebrating with me today
," she added, visibly moved.
She is “
the first Haitian woman to fly an American Airlines commercial plane to
” her country, enthuses
Juno7
.
Tarah Ernest was warmly welcomed upon her arrival at Toussaint Louverture International Airport.
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